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Production: Brislington Pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and dull red
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white, and painted in blue and dull red. The pot had a bulbous body with a short cylindrical neck. It has two handles, each formed by two joined rolls of clay with twisted terminals and snakes applied to the backs. On one side there is an applied S-shaped tubular spout (top missing) with a snake applied to the front. The domed cover has an acorn-shaped knob surmounted by a bird, and two handles pf similar form to those on the pot, but with long snake-like lower terminals extending sideways. One handle is mainly a plaster replacement. The pot and cover are decorated in red and blue with formal leaves and flowers in panels framed by foliated scrolls, with fern or feather-like motifs between them. The knob has a formal flower and leaves on each side. The snakes and bird are blue.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 32 cm
Width: 25.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
1720s
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1730
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and red)
Finial
Handles
Pot
buff
Earthenware
greyish-white
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1653 & A-1928
Primary reference Number: 72394
Old object number: R1653
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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